Aurora vs Jamestown

A side-by-side comparison of Aurora and Jamestown: population, income, housing, and more.

Aurora and Jamestown are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jamestown has the higher population (207 vs 32 in Aurora). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($71,500 vs $48,750 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median home value ($55,000 vs $50,300 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Jamestown
Population	32	207
Median age	34.5 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$71,500
Median home value	$55,000	$50,300
Housing units	19	130
Homeownership rate	63.2%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Jamestown
Population	84 → 32 (-61.9%)	289 → 207 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$46,406 → $48,750 (+5.1%)	$53,125 → $71,500 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$45,600 → $55,000 (+20.6%)	$33,900 → $50,300 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$450 → $494 (+9.8%)

Aurora

Population

8432

Median household income

$46,406$48,750

Median home value

$45,600$55,000

Jamestown

Population

289207

Median household income

$53,125$71,500

Median home value

$33,900$50,300

Median gross rent

$450$494

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Jamestown
Under 5	6.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	8.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	31.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	6.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	6.3%	22.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	19.3%
65 to 74	21.9%	10.1%
75 and over	3.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Jamestown
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	76.0%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	8.0%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Jamestown
Drove alone	87.5%	88.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Jamestown
1-unit, detached	94.7%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Jamestown
Poverty rate	3.1%	5.3%
Average household size	1.68	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1938	1938